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TIL Brainstorming has been shown to produce fewer and lower quality ideas than when people work alone.

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d80Vj TIL in 1987 a robbery suspect fled, half naked, into a showing of RoboCop in order to escape police. He became so engrossed in the movie he failed to notice police had evacuated the theater. It wasn’t until the the lights were turned on that the stunned man was taken into custody.
9wZEp TIL that Robert De Niro saved Scorsese's life when he persuaded him to kick his cocaine addiction to make his highly regarded film Raging Bull.
VygD TIL That while examining brain scans, neuroscientist Dr. James Fallon discovered he is a psychopath. While unknowingly viewing his own brain scan, he said, “It’s probably a psychopath… someone who could be a danger to society.
Oon81 TIL Not being able to poop in public toilet is a condition called parcopresis.
NWZ8 TIL Queen Elizabeth (an experienced Army driver during WWII) once took King Abdullah for a drive in her Land Rover. As she accelerated through narrow Scottish roads while talking the King was so nervous that he implored the Queen to slow down and concentrate on the road ahead.